According to an article at The Blaze, a large quantity of bomb-making material has been discovered in the home of a naturalized citizen originally from Serbia.
Police entered the Escondido, California home and arrested George Djura Jakubec, an unemployed software consultant for possession of explosive devices and bomb-making materials, bank robbery and burglary.
The Los Angeles Times reports Jacubec is in jail, with bail set at $5 million.
Authorities also found homemade explosive devices, including a grenade.
The house came to the to the attention of authorities last weekend when a gardener was hurt in an accidental explosion.
One official said the gardener may have scraped against some of the exposive material and the friction caused a small explosion. “Apparently the suspect was experimenting in his yard, and some of it got left over,” the un-named official said.
The Times reported:
On Sunday, the Sheriff's Department bomb squad entered the house, retreating after seizing evidence that included homemade grenades. On Wednesday, the squad reentered the house, finding it "extremely cluttered, making movement and observation extremely difficult."
In a storage area outside the house, authorities found containers of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid and sulfuric acid and 50 pounds of hexamine, a bomb-making material, authorities said.
Authorities also discovered blasting caps and quantities of the plastic explosive PETN - the same material used by Richard Reid, the so-called "shoe bomber".
One BATF explosives expert called the initial findings potentially "devastating".
James Cavanaugh, a retired ATF special agent said, “If you had 8 or 9 pounds in a vehicle in a street, you have a pretty large and devastating car bomb.”
Computers found at the home have been seized, and authorities hope to determine a motive for the alleged crimes,
For now, local law enforcement authorities have suspended operations until the hazardous material can be removed. Sheriff's Department officials said explosives and other hazardous materials remain in the home, and further action may be delayed until December 1.
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